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In Solidarity: The Elite Capture of Decolonisation in Nigeria, 1937-1963

In Solidarity: The Elite Capture of Decolonisation in Nigeria, 1937-1963

Hardcover

Series: Africa in Global History, Book 15

African History

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 1, 2027

ISBN10: 3112236432
ISBN13: 9783112236437
Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Published: Feb 1 2027
Pages: 374
Language: English

In Solidarity rethinks the history of Nigeria's decolonisation. Moving beyond nationalist leaders, it highlights the struggles of women traders, school children, ex-servicemen, and coal miners whose aspirations were subsumed beneath the politics of anti-colonial nationalism. The book argues that Nigeria's educated elite used the language of solidarity - amplified by the nationalist press - to consolidate political power during the 1950s, but that independence also marked the eclipse of many of the social and economic demands that had fuelled the anti-colonial movement. By recovering these neglected voices, In Solidarity offers a new understanding of how the elite capture of decolonisation shaped the foundations of the Nigerian postcolonial state.

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